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and all the cities, the triumph of the city, that's the title of harvard economics professor ed glaeser's book. it's about what's made cities around the world great, about the challenges that they have had to overcome and still face. we're going to talk about b that in a few minutes in the special context of this city with our panel, and we'll take questions from you as well later. but, first, to launch us off with a presentation, here's the author, professor ed glaeser. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, bob. and thank you all so much for being here. i'm so enormously flattered that you've decided to take time out of your saturday afternoon to come and talk about, about cities. i'm also particularly grateful to the boston book festival for including this book. i, like i think every single one of you, love books, and i'm just thrilled to be part of this amazing thing that goes on here. well, um, let me start, let me start or with a portrait of america, and i call it a portrait to make it really clear from the very start that i have absolutely no aesthetic sense whatsoever. [laughter] but
and all the cities, the triumph of the city, that's the title of harvard economics professor ed glaeser's book. it's about what's made cities around the world great, about the challenges that they have had to overcome and still face. we're going to talk about b that in a few minutes in the special context of this city with our panel, and we'll take questions from you as well later. but, first, to launch us off with a presentation, here's the author, professor ed glaeser. [applause] >>...
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speed by which the city has grown. also by the people. people that have survived a lot. keeping the city functioning. it is one of the vital points. it can be a lot of terrible things. and yet the reason that they grow is because people are coming to them from outside the city to grab a job and grab an opportunity to learn english to better their lives. this is a place of opportunity for a lot of people who go there. >> tell the airplane story of. >> airplane story? >> the woman he met on the airplane you oh, my goodness, yes. i was getting on a plane on my way to karachi during one of the reporting trips. i was changing planes and a gentleman struck up a conversation with me. so i was talking and i felt a tap on my shoulder. and it was this teenager from texas. she was of pakistani descent. she was going to karachi. she asked if i was that guy from npr. i was that guy from npr. she introduced me to her mother, who had heard a series of stories that i had done from her city, the home city back in 2008. and remember the
speed by which the city has grown. also by the people. people that have survived a lot. keeping the city functioning. it is one of the vital points. it can be a lot of terrible things. and yet the reason that they grow is because people are coming to them from outside the city to grab a job and grab an opportunity to learn english to better their lives. this is a place of opportunity for a lot of people who go there. >> tell the airplane story of. >> airplane story? >> the...
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the city and look at the landscape. this is a boring work, but to look up where we are. and so to go back to the strategy of the land. >> and serious. the book is an absolute revelation. i thought i knew about the american revolution. to discover -- discover that the cockpit, it's the kind of -- i mean you don't mention it in the book. but now we know that? added that escaped us? did you start out knowing that new jersey to markets see the entire revolution. >> someone reminded me, we lived in oregon for a lot of the 90's to my family. before i went to oregon i used to go have lunch all the time. i remember this now. i was very happy after i wrote the book. a bunch of guys who work toward guides gave me free passes to the top of the empire. and that was great. we spent lunch attack. kind of obvious, but it's a great view. and so -- >> really? >> really. really great deal. i just remember, remember as a kid reading about lincoln and and saying, you know, this was where it all happened. i know, and he was trying to get vo
the city and look at the landscape. this is a boring work, but to look up where we are. and so to go back to the strategy of the land. >> and serious. the book is an absolute revelation. i thought i knew about the american revolution. to discover -- discover that the cockpit, it's the kind of -- i mean you don't mention it in the book. but now we know that? added that escaped us? did you start out knowing that new jersey to markets see the entire revolution. >> someone reminded me,...
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so you will see the would name the occupation, city, crime, age occupation, city, crime, age , motive, date, jule information about the% executed. south carolina is here. here is george black. 14. the first calls him a child but then across is that out and calls him a student. for the crime, murder, as the 11 year-old white gi
so you will see the would name the occupation, city, crime, age occupation, city, crime, age , motive, date, jule information about the% executed. south carolina is here. here is george black. 14. the first calls him a child but then across is that out and calls him a student. for the crime, murder, as the 11 year-old white gi
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he is the on the kansas city president. >> i am from kansas city. >> could we pause for a minute? where did you go to high school? >> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got my act together but about alice maybe. >> did your mom they call the pies for the restaurant? >> they were naturally lead baked by a black woman named thelma. [laughter] i have often talked about my mother's cooking. 30 years she served nothing but leftovers. [laughter] i was out of college before i realized leftover from what? that the original was never found. they were lucky she did not take the prize. we had 50 years 60 things on the table then she wooded jump up in the middle to say she forgot the jello mold. mother always said everything tastes better on the second day. i don't know about the fourth day. >> i met m
he is the on the kansas city president. >> i am from kansas city. >> could we pause for a minute? where did you go to high school? >> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got...
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he opened up the city. it was no longer the boss machine, and jerry jennings is in the same, he's -- they've run an open city, and it's not at all the kind of tammany hall politics that albany was famous for. it was, you know, a notable target constantly through the whole 20th century, through the '80s, a target for reformers and especially republican reformers. when the governors got into power, thomas e. dewey tried to make his way to the white house on the backs of the albany politicians, and he failed. nelson rockefeller investigated the albany political machine, and he failed. and the machine went on and on and on. but it was, you know, who knows how many elections they stole, and the graft was extraordinary. but it was, it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that had been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be, this political machine. but by and large, it was run by these two guys, an irishman and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the the ci
he opened up the city. it was no longer the boss machine, and jerry jennings is in the same, he's -- they've run an open city, and it's not at all the kind of tammany hall politics that albany was famous for. it was, you know, a notable target constantly through the whole 20th century, through the '80s, a target for reformers and especially republican reformers. when the governors got into power, thomas e. dewey tried to make his way to the white house on the backs of the albany politicians,...
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system, the company will providepress relea housing finance system, the company will provide $1,000 in targeted lending. this was $10 million in 1994, below median income and new immigrant, presidents of central cities and other underserved areas and people with housing needs. reach out to every renter in america to provide information to buy a home, break down barriers, arbitrary barriers, every american wants a mortgage, will have their loan approved or put on have to get the loan approved. target the fed, new immigrants was one of the drivers for the no doc load dock years later, eliminate the final no in the mortgage application process. one much was made of wamu floating like that, if any hadden in their press release in 1994. they promised flexible underwriting standards, in other words loose lending. that is what they mean. affordable housing is another word for crop subsidies. that is what it means. fannie and freddie were famous for subsidies and well-documented by at a cafe f --fh --fhfa. the one that was the worst that politicized fannie is open 25 and in a partnership of
system, the company will providepress relea housing finance system, the company will provide $1,000 in targeted lending. this was $10 million in 1994, below median income and new immigrant, presidents of central cities and other underserved areas and people with housing needs. reach out to every renter in america to provide information to buy a home, break down barriers, arbitrary barriers, every american wants a mortgage, will have their loan approved or put on have to get the loan approved....
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the city is a survivor city, to me. it's the city that, against all odds, thriving. it shouldn't thrive. it shouldn't live. it shouldn't survive, but it does. there are moments when it is like any other city, like bombay or cairo. there's a wonderful energy, amazing pace. it has all the other things these cities have in terms of life and excitement and thrills. there are other -- there are other times when the city is a city under siege, you know, the bbc estimates this year alone, and by this year, i mean until the beginning of august, some 300 people were assassinated in the city, some 300 political activists killed in extrajudicial killings, which is familiar for those who lived through the 1990s. it's a pattern we see repeating itself. >> presumed this is basically a gang war between the mqm and -- >> it's ethnic, political, turf, and it's reared its ugly head again, and violates mutates in that city, and before 2005, or even, yeah, well, you know, it was embassies targets of violence rather than people. it was mcdonald's, it was, you know, but the city adapts, a
the city is a survivor city, to me. it's the city that, against all odds, thriving. it shouldn't thrive. it shouldn't live. it shouldn't survive, but it does. there are moments when it is like any other city, like bombay or cairo. there's a wonderful energy, amazing pace. it has all the other things these cities have in terms of life and excitement and thrills. there are other -- there are other times when the city is a city under siege, you know, the bbc estimates this year alone, and by this...
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oldest settlements of the original 13 colonies and the longest continuously chartered city in the united states. next, we hear from jack casey whose book tells the story of a mohawk woman born in 66 who was recently named the first native american to enter st. hood. >> "lily of the mohawks" was the name given to young woman who was baptized by the jesuits. she took the name catherine. she is called lily of the mohawks because she is seen as blooming in a land from the bloodshed of what preceded her, four in that land in the mohawk valley tenears before she was born so she is a lily that has bloomed out of that spiritual efforts by the jesuits' so she escaped and went up near montreal, st. francis xavier mission. she came to the attention of a priest who was sort of a spiritual refugee from france having his own spiritual dilemma. when he encountered her he saw this incredible spirit to well be that was sort of not expressed and he was able to draw it out of her and without her spirituality, heard the devotion to jesus rist helped him heal his own spiritual depth. together was a confluenc
oldest settlements of the original 13 colonies and the longest continuously chartered city in the united states. next, we hear from jack casey whose book tells the story of a mohawk woman born in 66 who was recently named the first native american to enter st. hood. >> "lily of the mohawks" was the name given to young woman who was baptized by the jesuits. she took the name catherine. she is called lily of the mohawks because she is seen as blooming in a land from the bloodshed...
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school age children, teenagers, in the southern city of duras in syria. that touched a nerve. that sort of thing happened in syria quite a bit over the years, but in the new circumstances of the arab spring, and the regime didn't under the new circumstances -- it just grew and grew and grew after that. and it unleashed -- i think this pentup frustration, especially among an empowered and energized and largely disenfranchised youth, especially with the help of the new social instrument of the social media, and the regime was totally caught offguard. they didn't realize that syria had been suffering from many of the same socioeconomic and political problems as many of these other countries. the growth rates, one of the highest in the world. the 60% of the population under the age of 25. general unemployment at 25% countrywide, who is a low figure. and higher, over 50-60% among males and females age 25 and younger. and you look at any country in the arab world experiencing the arab spring and these are similar numbers to what i just described. so, there were
school age children, teenagers, in the southern city of duras in syria. that touched a nerve. that sort of thing happened in syria quite a bit over the years, but in the new circumstances of the arab spring, and the regime didn't under the new circumstances -- it just grew and grew and grew after that. and it unleashed -- i think this pentup frustration, especially among an empowered and energized and largely disenfranchised youth, especially with the help of the new social instrument of the...
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city comes out with 600 pages or so. if everything arnold schwarzenegger has ever done from growing up in a time australia and the bodybuilding. pages and pages about hottie building. it is incredible -- and some is an incredible american immigrant story. he becomes a movie star and then becomes governor of california. meanwhile, this is an affair with the housekeeper about five pages in the book. and he deals with it doesn't say much, makes a mistake, regrets it in those situations. i got an interview with him on the phone friday before the book was coming out. he already agreed to be on 60 minutes and they had a lot more time. midway through the interview he said i don't -- and i cannot do arnold well. he said i don't like to read this interview is going because he thought to many questions have to do with the housekeeper, not about his accomplishments as governor. if you like arnold shorts and bigger, it's all there. it briefly made our bestseller lists and then went away. >> host: political pundits. we get the politi
city comes out with 600 pages or so. if everything arnold schwarzenegger has ever done from growing up in a time australia and the bodybuilding. pages and pages about hottie building. it is incredible -- and some is an incredible american immigrant story. he becomes a movie star and then becomes governor of california. meanwhile, this is an affair with the housekeeper about five pages in the book. and he deals with it doesn't say much, makes a mistake, regrets it in those situations. i got an...
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states in city government is considered to be in high regard. in china it's the opposite. so when you have stories like this, clearly been so ridiculously corrupt, he challenges the narrative of what happens when people realize the whole system is rotten to the core. and i swear that story and anyone who linked to that story was quickly censored this week. >> that was my question. how widely has the story been disseminated? >> don't underestimate the information if people want to have it. this is a sliver of china because only so much is actually online, so much as the ability to navigate the censorship controls. yes, it's being read. >> when people make the claim authoritarian governments can create economic development, they tend to say china and then they say singapore singapore in the same breath. is very democratic underground and singapore? >> areas. but if china has an example, is singapore. the chinese government has been fascinated by singapore and he was the case during the 1990s that the singaporean officials are constantly going to china and the chinese governm
states in city government is considered to be in high regard. in china it's the opposite. so when you have stories like this, clearly been so ridiculously corrupt, he challenges the narrative of what happens when people realize the whole system is rotten to the core. and i swear that story and anyone who linked to that story was quickly censored this week. >> that was my question. how widely has the story been disseminated? >> don't underestimate the information if people want to...
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because the times have also reported and this in case they reported me, it's not about being glitz city, it's about increasing the impact great books have on the culture. that is our mission and that is why we are here tonight. [applause] keeping with that, i would like acknowledge the extraordinary writers in the room. with i have amazing writers. command mention them all. i can mention a few. i'm going ask you to hold your applause until i'm done. let me run through a few people. maryann hobberman, james carol, edward, victor, lily, jean valentine, robert cairo, and are also winners of the pulitzer prize. juneau diaz, katherine, and tracy smith, amanda foreman. national book critic circle wins nora and robert and dave eagers recipient of the literary award and stephen king. please join me in recognizing these great american writers. [applause] i would like to our financial supporters. without whom woe couldn't bring you awards the or programs. i would like you to hold your applause until i've read the list. premier sponsors barnes & noble, ban skies, random house, the ford foundation,
because the times have also reported and this in case they reported me, it's not about being glitz city, it's about increasing the impact great books have on the culture. that is our mission and that is why we are here tonight. [applause] keeping with that, i would like acknowledge the extraordinary writers in the room. with i have amazing writers. command mention them all. i can mention a few. i'm going ask you to hold your applause until i'm done. let me run through a few people. maryann...
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into the city's. but both the original home where john adams was born and then the second small home where john quincy adams was born are open to visitors and large home that he built for his retirement that was beautifully furnished. everybody talks about the founding fathers and forget to talk about founding mothers. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams come as i said to young john quincy up to the top of the hill to watch the battle of bunker hill and then worked hard to support, to try to help the patriot cause while her husband was in philadelphia. >> other question. go ahead. >> [inaudible] >> absolutely. of louisa adams was born lisa johnson. her father was the consul in london when the two of them met she was born in london but her parents were americans coming in the brilliantly educated, perfect wife for john quincy. she had an education at home, but she could read and latin and classical greek and was very well versed in history. so they fell in love and had a
into the city's. but both the original home where john adams was born and then the second small home where john quincy adams was born are open to visitors and large home that he built for his retirement that was beautifully furnished. everybody talks about the founding fathers and forget to talk about founding mothers. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams come as i said to young john quincy up to the top of the hill to watch the battle of bunker hill and then...
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drifted into the cities. both the original homer john adams was born and a second small homer john quincy adams was born i dare open to visitors and a large home that john built in his retirement with abigail, beautifully furnished with many things that abigail. everyone talks about founding fathers may forget to talk about founding others. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams turkey on john quincy to the top to watch the battle of bunker go and then worked hard to support, to hope that feature their cause while her husband was in philadelphia. >> another question. go ahead. [inaudible] >> absolutely. louisa adams was born lisa john. her father was the american old in london. when the two of them that, she was born in london, but her parents were americans and brilliantly educated, perfect wife for john quincy. she hadn't education at home, but she could read in latin and greek is very well-versed in history and literature. so they fell in love and had a long, warm marriage of 5
drifted into the cities. both the original homer john adams was born and a second small homer john quincy adams was born i dare open to visitors and a large home that john built in his retirement with abigail, beautifully furnished with many things that abigail. everyone talks about founding fathers may forget to talk about founding others. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams turkey on john quincy to the top to watch the battle of bunker go and then worked hard...
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, and known as the queen of creole quizine. she -- cuisine. we wanted the senate to congratulate her on that milestone and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the resolution will be received and properly referred. the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. tonight as we -- today i should say as we confront a whole range of difficult issues at the end of this year and at the end of the congress, we should also be reminded that we have fighting men and women serving for us all around the world. we think especially tonight of those serving in afghanistan, and those who served part of that time in iraq. at various times we've come to the floor and recited the chaims of those who were killed -- names of those killed in action and tonight i'm i'm joined by my colleague, senator tom to read -- toomey who read the names of those who as lincoln said gave their last full measure of devotion to their country, those killed in action in afghanistan over parts of 2011 and 2012. i'll turn and yield the floor to
, and known as the queen of creole quizine. she -- cuisine. we wanted the senate to congratulate her on that milestone and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the resolution will be received and properly referred. the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. tonight as we -- today i should say as we confront a whole range of difficult issues at the end of this year and at the end of the congress, we should also be reminded that we have fighting men and women serving...
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so when the 14th century, beginning of the 14th century, venice is one of the biggest cities in europe, one of the biggest and richest and that's kind of remarkable because if you've ever been there, it's such a crummy place. rd, mosquito bitten, lagoons, very hard to build are the only reason italians ended up babies because they chased them off the good land. so yours is incredibly rich, incredibly powerful state, sending its trade mission to china, controlling creeks, lands along the croatian coast, controlling my inspiring to the italian and land. how did they do it? to the nations of this fabulous right we can still taste today, where the liquor in her to probably the most innovative and economic system at that time. they have a particular form of contract system, which allowed. unusually if you were a person willing to take on risk. even if you didn't have capital, you could share in a deal with the partner who did have capital: a trading nation in the guy who didn't have capital, but he raced his life took a share of the profits. this really was the reason you have this huge mar
so when the 14th century, beginning of the 14th century, venice is one of the biggest cities in europe, one of the biggest and richest and that's kind of remarkable because if you've ever been there, it's such a crummy place. rd, mosquito bitten, lagoons, very hard to build are the only reason italians ended up babies because they chased them off the good land. so yours is incredibly rich, incredibly powerful state, sending its trade mission to china, controlling creeks, lands along the...
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neither one of them had a real appreciation for the greatness and value and virtue of the country, and they had a lot in common in a sense they both wanted a farm and hated cities and thought there was something wrong with success and material comfort, you were very virtuous if you had old clothes rather than new clothes. exactly what chambers believed. he was -- [inaudible] for this. told him he should dress better. i draw a line between people who are genuinely pro-american, and those who aren't. and that gets me in to a lot of trouble, and as i said, i hardly dare develop idea even in this country. [laughter] >> we have time for, i think, one more question. there is one more question? yes, sir. [inaudible] >> thank the panelists first, because the breaking of a vow allows me to break my vow never to use one of the forums to make statement. i couldn't resist. i think the more or less government argument is a dead end for conservatives. and the reason is that it plays to the liberal frame. without addressing a fundamental factors that drive public demand for government services which
neither one of them had a real appreciation for the greatness and value and virtue of the country, and they had a lot in common in a sense they both wanted a farm and hated cities and thought there was something wrong with success and material comfort, you were very virtuous if you had old clothes rather than new clothes. exactly what chambers believed. he was -- [inaudible] for this. told him he should dress better. i draw a line between people who are genuinely pro-american, and those who...
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east germany but was still a free city protected by the western powers. in november 1958, khrushchev delivered an ultimatum. the west had to be out of berlin and six months, or else. this is a crisis, the greatest crisis of the cold war up to that point. the press, congress and much of the eisenhower administration this men were. we need to show resolve, it was said, to beef up our troop strength and get ready to divide the red army. meeting privately with his advisers and congressional leaders, president eisenhower said we aren't going to do that. indeed he said we're cutting our forces in germany by 50,000. is advisors and accounting were bewildered. cut our troop strength? won't that show went to this -- won't that show weakness? i was all alone. he was heavily criticized in the press. but he is seen utterly unfazed. i've now had a great capacity to take responsibility. the amazing that famous photograph taken of ike on the eve of d-day, june 1944, general eisenhower as a supreme allied commander wearing his uniform and talking to a group of paratroope
east germany but was still a free city protected by the western powers. in november 1958, khrushchev delivered an ultimatum. the west had to be out of berlin and six months, or else. this is a crisis, the greatest crisis of the cold war up to that point. the press, congress and much of the eisenhower administration this men were. we need to show resolve, it was said, to beef up our troop strength and get ready to divide the red army. meeting privately with his advisers and congressional...
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story in the book about mike mil group who is the president of -- in new york city when he was teaching. he would identify kids who were at risk and bring them into his classroom and asked his class to support them and work with them. it seemed like kind of a common sense but brilliant approach to making everybody part of the solution and raising all the -- >> guest: absolutely and one of the things we see often are kids who have special needs or learning disabilities are autism, so often the philosophy is to help give those kids tools to not be targeted or to make them less likely to be targeted. >> host: like avoiding certain situations? >> guest: yeah, to avoid certain areas and schools that we know kids are vulnerable where there is little supervision but i think that's only one piece. so many disabilities make them more likely to be bullying and are the social disability so i think that one of the things we have to do a better job often i think michael mil group asked i guess he speaks to this, is how do you educate the entire community about disabilities like autism or like learni
story in the book about mike mil group who is the president of -- in new york city when he was teaching. he would identify kids who were at risk and bring them into his classroom and asked his class to support them and work with them. it seemed like kind of a common sense but brilliant approach to making everybody part of the solution and raising all the -- >> guest: absolutely and one of the things we see often are kids who have special needs or learning disabilities are autism, so often...
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fifth one put at a business the plan in kansas city in. >> well, jimmy carter's programs did not work then, as i mentioned, i remember waiting in the 1970's in gas lines for one or two hours to fill up with gasoline in the western d.c. area. and just as these programs did not work then and they are not working now, they're unlikely to work in the future. it is just that the government is not good at picking winning projects. the government promised it would not have thought of picking the apple iphone five. that is something that is expensive, but people wait in line because they want to buy one. it is not necessarily technology that is an expensive that people want. a gizmo that people want, and they're willing to spend money on it, and we don't know what it is, but there are other small entrepreneurs, and i'm sure there are many in the audience to have a better idea than the folks down in washington. >> cliff sean burke. would you be in favor of a significantly higher gasoline tax to address the hidden social costs of pollution, what economists refer to as externalities'? >> if i th
fifth one put at a business the plan in kansas city in. >> well, jimmy carter's programs did not work then, as i mentioned, i remember waiting in the 1970's in gas lines for one or two hours to fill up with gasoline in the western d.c. area. and just as these programs did not work then and they are not working now, they're unlikely to work in the future. it is just that the government is not good at picking winning projects. the government promised it would not have thought of picking the...
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germany, but still a free city protected by the western powers. in 1958, there was an ultimatum. the west had to be out of berlin in six months or else. this was a crisis, the gravest crisis of the cold war up to that point. the prez -- the press, congress, and the administration thought if meant war. we needed resolve to beef up the troops' strength and defy the red army. meeting privately with the leaders, president eisenhower said we're not going to do that. indeed, he said, we're cutting forces in germany by 50,000 men. his advisers and the congressmen bewildered. cut the troop strength? won't that show weakness? ike was all alone and heavily criticized in the press. he seemed utterly unphased. eisenhower had a great capacity to take responsibility. he may have seen that famous photograph taken of ike on the eve of d-day in june 1944. general eisenhower, the supreme allied commander, wearing normal uniform, talking to a group of paratroopers, geared up, faces blackened, ready to jump mind german lines. ike came to see the men because he was to
germany, but still a free city protected by the western powers. in 1958, there was an ultimatum. the west had to be out of berlin in six months or else. this was a crisis, the gravest crisis of the cold war up to that point. the prez -- the press, congress, and the administration thought if meant war. we needed resolve to beef up the troops' strength and defy the red army. meeting privately with the leaders, president eisenhower said we're not going to do that. indeed, he said, we're cutting...
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i saw most of the capitol cities, a lot of neat things that you don't normally see. how cool is it to go riding over the pyramid's? i wanted to come home. i hadn't had a sonic burger for a long time and i hadn't been in a store that was open past 8:00 at night are longtime and i wanted to come home. and i did. pinellas, which is the air force -- it was okay but they are not half of what you're. you guys are air force? they never minded. that is relevant. that whole landing on a carrier thing, they can keep it. it was a good school. wasn't anything like ours. ours was a months monthlong and it was miserable. i came out of that a changed human being, for the better. i lost almost all of my cockiness and quite a few tailfeathers and spent the next decade being a weapons and tactics officer at a different level than a fighter wing. i was in khobar towers when that blew up. do you guys remember that? always in the wrong place at the wrong time. i was there when that place blew up. we hadn't really, i don't think any of us was thinking about terrorism the way that is thoug
i saw most of the capitol cities, a lot of neat things that you don't normally see. how cool is it to go riding over the pyramid's? i wanted to come home. i hadn't had a sonic burger for a long time and i hadn't been in a store that was open past 8:00 at night are longtime and i wanted to come home. and i did. pinellas, which is the air force -- it was okay but they are not half of what you're. you guys are air force? they never minded. that is relevant. that whole landing on a carrier thing,...
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of this administration to our city interests? >> let me say that, you know, china is a bit far, but russia has interests in syria. you know, the way the russians see it is they've already suffered a steadfast with this overthrow of gadhafi and we were still closer to moscow at the time and much closer than to the united states. syria -- russia cannot be happy about the possible loss of another ally in the middle east. russia has a certain degree of interest in a naval base. you know, it's perch in the mediterranean and more importantly, russia knows and putin knows the central asia is park currently a powder keg that gets much less news than it deserves, and you thought the arab spring was tumultuous and occasionally violent, you were going to love central asia because central asia didn't have the european liberalizing effect on the intellectual like the arab world which is a proximate to europe. it had its intelligence the a completely polarized by stalin and i can go on and on. central asia could be a tinderbox and the last thi
of this administration to our city interests? >> let me say that, you know, china is a bit far, but russia has interests in syria. you know, the way the russians see it is they've already suffered a steadfast with this overthrow of gadhafi and we were still closer to moscow at the time and much closer than to the united states. syria -- russia cannot be happy about the possible loss of another ally in the middle east. russia has a certain degree of interest in a naval base. you know, it's...
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and it was in new york city, the center of the world and my father was republican and a conservative. he served in world war ii as eisenhower said the bomb was the umbrella, the mushroom under which it grew and anything we did was in the shadow of that. so i was curious about it and the bomb story really does have another origin. the book about the scientist of the 30s and above all the mentioned this figure about henry wallace and how he could've been president in 1944 but he was bumped by the political bosses. that led of course to the 45 decision by truman. then we begin the origin of a great idea for a documentary or a movie and he wrote a script. it didn't work for me, but 10 years later it haunted me that story in washington and he is still teaching a class when i came back. we decided to go ahead and do it.mandari about wallace and the bump. that one hour turned into ultimately -- our eyes are bigger than our stomachs and we tried a 12 hour national security state story from the 1940s to now and it actually started in 1900 with the philippine american war but the spanish-americ
and it was in new york city, the center of the world and my father was republican and a conservative. he served in world war ii as eisenhower said the bomb was the umbrella, the mushroom under which it grew and anything we did was in the shadow of that. so i was curious about it and the bomb story really does have another origin. the book about the scientist of the 30s and above all the mentioned this figure about henry wallace and how he could've been president in 1944 but he was bumped by the...
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york city, and the center of the world, and my father was a republican and conservative, and he served in world war ii with eisenhower. so the bomb was the umbrella, the mushroom under which i grew, and everything we did was in the shadow of that. so, i was curious about it. the bomb story does have another origin. the 1930s, had written a book about the scientist. but above all he mentioned this figure about henry wallace, and how he could have been president in 1944 but he was bumped by the political bosses. and that led, of course, to the '45 decision by truman and became the origin for a great documentary or movie, and at the tried. wrote a script. didn't work. but ten years later, that -- still teaching the class, and he -- we decided to go ahead and do a documentary about wallace and the bump. that one hour turned ultimately into a bigger -- our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and we tried for a 12-hour national security state story, from 1940s until now. actually we started in 1900, the philippine-american war. but -- spanish american war and ended up in 2012. but we started
york city, and the center of the world, and my father was a republican and conservative, and he served in world war ii with eisenhower. so the bomb was the umbrella, the mushroom under which i grew, and everything we did was in the shadow of that. so, i was curious about it. the bomb story does have another origin. the 1930s, had written a book about the scientist. but above all he mentioned this figure about henry wallace, and how he could have been president in 1944 but he was bumped by the...